Additional Name(s): Sangay Gyatso, Sangye Gyatso, སངས་རྒྱས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 桑杰嘉措(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: December/10/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Sanggye Gyatso

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Sanggye Gyatso is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On December 10, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba (Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Gyatso, a teenage monk at Ngaba's Kirti Monastery, reportedly for participating in a solo protest calling for "freedom for Tibetans."  Authorities reportedly beat him before arresting him. 

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